The Office of the Registar publishes five-year calendars yearly. Questions may be directed to the Registrar.

Student Dates to Remember

STUDENT DATES TO REMEMBER 2014-15

FIRST SEMESTER, FALL 2014

Thursday, August 28

First Day of Classes

Friday, September 5

Final applications for Fall 297, 299, 387, 397, 399, 499 independent studies due from students off campus previous semester or students continuing a MAP.

Friday, September 19

Last day to add a course or an audit, drop a course without transcript entry, change to or from S/D/F grading and change a course from credit to audit or audit to credit.

NOTE: This deadline applies to regular full-semester courses only. Short course deadlines and ½ semester course deadlines are as follows (these deadlines, when applicable, are also noted in the Schedule of Courses)­: ½ Semester Course (lasting 6-7 weeks): Last day to Add/Drop, Audit, and elect S/D/F grading is the second Friday after course start date; Last day to withdraw with a W transcript entry is by the Friday of the fourth full week of the course; Short Course(less than a ½ semester): Last day to Add/Drop, Audit, and elect S/D/F grading is by the end of the second class meeting day; and Students may not withdraw (“W” grade) from a short course.

Monday, Sept.22 - Friday, Nov.7

A course may be withdrawn with a W transcript entry.

Friday, October 3

Last day to add a "plus-2".

Monday, October 13

Last day to declare major before preregistration.

Friday, October 17

Last day to drop credits in excess of 18 without paying overload fees.

Final applications for Spring 297, 299, 387, 397, 399, 499 independent studies due from students off campus previous semester of students continuing a MAP.

Friday, February 6

Last day to add a course or an audit, drop a course without transcript entry, change to or from S/D/F grading and change a course from credit to audit or audit to credit.

NOTE: This deadline applies to regular full-semester courses only. Short course deadlines and ½ semester course deadlines are as follows (these deadlines, when applicable, are also noted in the Schedule of Courses)­: ½ Semester Course (lasting 6-7 weeks): Last day to Add/Drop, Audit, and elect S/D/F grading is the second Friday after course start date; Last day to withdraw with a W transcript entry is by the Friday of the fourth full week of the course; Short Course(less than a ½ semester): Last day to Add/Drop, Audit, and elect S/D/F grading is by the end of the second class meeting day; and Students may not withdraw (“W” grade) from a short course.

Monday, February 9 - Friday, April 3

A course may be withdrawn with a W transcript entry.

Friday, February 20

Last day to add a "plus-2".

Friday, March 6

Last day to drop credits in excess of 18 without paying overload fees.

Final Exam Schedule

Exam Times- Each semester Grinnell College has four days of exams (Tuesday through Friday) with two exam times (9:00 am to 12:00 Noon and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm). Monday is a reading day and no exam may be scheduled on this day under any circumstances.

Changes and Conflicts - College policy stipulates that neither students nor faculty members may make changes in the published examination schedule without prior approval of the Registrar. With 8 exam times and 12 possible class schedules, it is inevitable that some students will have two exams on the same day or two exams at the same time. If a student has two exams scheduled at the same hour, such conflicts should be resolved by discussion with the appropriate instructor. If a student has two exams in the same day, they should not expect the faculty to reschedule their exam.

Arranged Class Times - Examinations for students in classes meeting at “arranged” hours will be during the final exam week at the time assigned to the time slot during which the arranged course m

Last Possible Due Date for all work: All take-home exams, other written work, or oral defenses of written work required in various courses must be submitted to the appropriate instructors by the date stipulated by the instructors, or, at the latest, by 5:00 pm on the final day of the exam period (Friday). Faculty are not allowed to grade any work submitted after 5:00 pm on this day. The only exception to this is students who have completed “Incomplete” paperwork as set forth in the Student Handbook.